State of the Myst (Patreon)

I usually do one of these a little earlier, but for reasons I will soon talk about, its been very hard for me to do.. well much of anything at all.

I've been having some serious health issues since about May that have been ongoing, and I've been struggling (with my doctor's help) to get a handle on. I'm not going to get into details or it would be seriously gross TMI. These issues make me extremely tired, weak, unable to function or concentrate. Some days I can't even sit for more than an hour or so at a time and must nap just to make it through the day. I've had to even work out some adjusted work hours with my day job to be able to handle the fatigue and exhaustion. By the time I'm done work, I'm lucky if I can feed and shower myself, let alone do additional work.

Now I'm not in any sort of immediate danger, its not Covid related. But it does impact my ability to create. I'm just starting now to have some energy with a combination of drugs and therapies that seem to be starting to help (we've had to experiment a bit). I'm starting to feel a bit better, but I've had up and downswings before so I don't want to promise anything too much. I might have energy for 2 days and be unable to function for the next 3. I'm trying to take things slowly and carefully as not to overextend myself while I'm working through this.

But you guys have been here, supporting me, and I want you all to know how much it means to me and I appreciate your faith. I will get back to art and shifters and other things as I can.  Somedays I don't have the ability to draw (i'm too shaky or tired, or my hands/shoulders/wrists are too sore), but I might have a bit of energy to play games (mostly Elder Scrolls Online) or talk about roleplaying or worldbuilding here and there, I don't know if anyone would be interested in any streams or videos of me doing anything that isn't comic or art related. Let me know in the comments if this is something you'd be interested in.

Just looking for some additional content that might not be specifically art related that ya'll might like that isn't quite as taxing for me to make. Let me know in the comments if this is something you'd like.

I do obviously want to get back to drawings/comics, but I'm still working on recovery, and I can't say when I'll be there. But I want you to know I'm trying, and I'll be back to creating as soon as I can.

Thank you all so much for still being here.